"Snakes?"
When Luyunxi heard this, she started to feel numb. She hugged herself tightly, completely resistant. She nervously asked, "What should we do now? Should we go to rescue them?"
Luyunxi didn't ask the second half of the question because she didn't want to.
Surviving on a deserted island was every man for himself, and no one was obligated to help others. Moreover, they themselves were unwilling to believe Wenyao and thought she was playing a trick on them. They were not obligated to save them now, especially in this thunderstorm and heavy rain situation, where a slight mistake could cost them their lives.
Luyunxi felt that it was not selfish or indifferent. She believed that helping others should be provided under certain circumstances and not at risk. And now it was too risky.
She looked at Wenyao nervously, and then looked at the bubbles splashing on the ground, fearing that Wenyao would act heroically.
But she saw Wenyao shake her head, replying in an emotionless tone, "We can only let them fend for themselves."
In her past life, Wenyao led an army to battle a small country on the border. The small country's combat team was not strong, and they thought it would be easy to deal with them.
But they didn't expect that the master of the small country was very good at witchcraft, summoning, and other arts. One time, he led them into a trap full of venomous snakes, with the same kind of vines as in the current trap covering it.
Later, she escaped from the snake pit and couldn't understand how the other party had gathered the snakes. Until later, she heard that those extremely rare vines were called snake vines, which had a deadly attraction to the snake group.
Because it was a memory from a past life, it was too long ago, and Wenyao's mind also contained the original owner's memories, so when she saw those vines, she just felt familiar and sensed potential danger but couldn't remember in time what it was.
But in that situation, even if she had remembered, the others would have thought she was just fear-mongering.
In such heavy rain, the snakes should not gather on the vines anymore and should seek shelter, and the cave was the best choice.
Now, Wenyao could only hope that there were no snake vines in the cave, otherwise they would truly be in a snake's nest, and even immortals wouldn't be able to help them.
Wenyao returned to the fire pit without speaking, but from her uneasy expression, it was clear that she was worried about something.
Meanwhile, in the live stream barrage:
"I just searched for snake vines, now I'm curled up in my quilt and dare not move! I feel like there are snakes around."
"Is Wenyao really not going to help?"
"How can you speak like that? If you can, go out in the heavy rain and rescue them!"
"I dare not switch to the gentle channel, has anyone switched? Please tell me the situation."
"Oh my god, the gentle side looks terrifying, I'm scared and backing off!!!"
...
Some people in the barrage exclaimed that the gentle side was scary, warning everyone not to watch, but curiosity killed the cat, and the more they were told not to watch, the more curious they became.
They quickly switched over, but after seeing the scene on the screen, they all got goosebumps all over and quickly turned the screen away, not daring to look again.
Wenrou and her group didn't believe what Wenyao had said, and after a dispute, Wenyao took Luyunxi and left. Exhausted after walking for nearly two hours, they set up a tent and lit a fire where they were.
They all had experience in outdoor survival, and more or less would observe changes in the weather. They all concluded that there would be no rain tonight.
After setting up the fire pit, they started to mock Wenyao.
"Wenrou, your sister is so different from you."
"Wenrou, to be honest, because of the previous reports on the internet, I had a bias against you, but now I know that those reports are all nonsense. Seeing Wenyao's temperament, I think she's about to bully you."
"I wonder what Wenyao gave to Luyunxi to make her listen to her like this."
The several men were not from the entertainment circle, and did not rely on fans for a living, so even if there were cameras present, they didn't need to care about their image, and they said whatever they wanted.
But gentleness is different.
Hearing everyone complain about Wen Yao, she was already overjoyed in her heart, but on the surface, she still had to maintain an image of defending her sister.
"Don't say that, there's a reason for her personality," Gentle continued, "It's actually because of me."
At this moment, everyone had finished eating and it was still early to go to sleep, so they became curious about Gentle's situation.
"What's wrong? Tell us."
"My family background is not good, my parents are both uneducated farmers, just like most parents they tend to favor the younger child, that is me. My sister was treated unfairly since she was little, which led to her becoming extreme in character and difficult to understand."
"What about the substitute? What's going on?"
"This... it's all my fault." Gentle spoke with a very low tone, with emotions that were barely audible at the end of her words.
Seeing Gentle taking the blame, everyone felt that there was more to the story. After spending this time together, a few of them had come to the conclusion that the previous online reports were all false and that Gentle had been set up. They felt that now was a good opportunity to clarify things before the audience arrived for the show.
Yuan Bing continued to ask, "What's the matter? Speak up, if we were wrong, we'll apologize. Don't keep it inside, holding it in can make you sick. It's a shame to survive on this desert island, only to die from illness, how tragic."
Gentle tucked her soft hair behind her ear, revealing a delicate face and a snow-white swan-like neck. Her eyes were filled with tears, and after biting her lip, she spoke. "The opportunity to enter the entertainment industry was originally meant for Wen Yao, but because my parents favored me and thought my personality was more suitable for the entertainment industry, they gave the opportunity to me."
"So this was your parents' decision?"
"Back then, my sister and I were not even fifteen and we didn't understand anything."
"Then how did Wen Yao become the substitute?"
"My sister has talent in acting, and she loves acting. Once when I was injured, I let my sister substitute for me. After that, she willingly offered to be my substitute. At that time, our agent agreed to let her be the substitute. I was young and immature and didn't understand the consequences, I just wanted to make things easier for myself, so I agreed."
"What happened next?"
"Things escalated, and then everything was exposed. You all know the ending."
After learning the "truth" from Gentle, everyone felt indignant for her. They said, "Wen Yao probably planned to expose the truth from the moment she took on the substitute role."
"Yeah, it must be like that!"
"Gentle, I think you are the biggest victim in this. It's your parents' fault for favoring you and giving you Wen Yao's opportunity, not your fault. Even if Wen Yao wanted revenge, it shouldn't have been against you."
"Exactly, Wen Yao shouldn't have targeted you. This is a tragedy caused by failed family education. You're not at fault, it's just that Wen Yao's personality is too extreme and harsh. The public opinion before was trying to push you into a corner."
Seeing everyone siding with her, Gentle put on a very distressed look and said, "It's already hard enough for my parents to raise us. Their love for me is not wrong, I am the one who is wrong, and I deserve it!"
As Gentle finished speaking, a lightning bolt suddenly struck a tree not far away, startling her so much that she collapsed on the ground.
Soon after, thunder and lightning followed, and heavy rain poured down.
As they packed up their things, they cursed, "Damn, Wen Yao was right about the terrible weather!"
"The rain is getting heavy. Let's quickly find shelter in the cave up ahead."
Then someone in the rain said, "Wen Yao told us not to go to the cave."
Zheng Wen turned back and looked at the source of the voice, muttering, "If you listen to Wen Yao, you'll just end up getting struck by lightning."
In just a few seconds, everyone was already soaked. They were all thinking about avoiding the heavy rain, and they didn't notice anything unusual about the vines around the cave entrance.
After they ran into the cave, Zheng Wen dropped his things, took off his wet shirt, and wrung it dry while shining a flashlight around the cave.
The cave was small, with a jumble of stacked stones covered in moss. The ceiling was low, supported entirely by a giant rock.
Zheng Wen checked the cave and found that apart from a circle of unknown vines near the back, there were no other signs of animals entering.
He laid his wet clothes on the stones and said, "Wen Yao is just fearmongering, there's nothing in this cave."
Gentle, who had been caught in the rain, took out some cold medication from her backpack and was about to distribute it to everyone, but she turned around and saw Dong Binrui with a green snake coiled around his shoulder.
She screamed and took two steps back in fright. To maintain her balance, she instinctively reached out to the nearby giant rock, only to feel a cold, slender, snake-like object in her palm.
Gentle quickly withdrew her hand and saw a gray-black snake spitting venom towards her.
Seeing the two snakes, everyone was quite scared and felt that they couldn't stay in the cave any longer. They quickly thought about leaving, but they realized that what dangled above the cave entrance wasn't vines, but rather a bunch of snakes.
Due to the heavy rain, many snakes had fallen from the vines and were now lurking at the entrance, stretching their necks and spitting venom at them.
Seeing the densely packed snakes, everyone watching through the live feed felt tense, and were too afraid to turn off the lights and sleep. It's hard to imagine the state of the guests in the screen.
Gentle's face turned pale, and she froze in place, her eyes filled with fear.